The Colorado Rapids Reserves scored two second-half goals and withstood a late Crew Reserves charge to hold onto a 2-1 win in a Reserve Division game Saturday night at Columbus Crew Stadium.
Guy Melamed scored on a free-kick in the 72nd minute to put Colorado ahead and then Luchi Gonzalez made it 2-0 in the 77th minute. Marcus Sagastume assisted on Gonzalez's goal.
The Crew cut the lead in half with a Marcus Storey goal in the 85th minute but was unable to get the equalizer. Eric Vasquez assisted on Storey's goal.
Today's game improved dropped Columbus to 3-1-1 in the reserve division, while the Rapids improved to 2-2-2.
Scoring Summary:
COL - Guy Melamed, 72nd minute
COL - Luchi Gonzalez ( Marcus Sagastume), 77th minute
CLB - Marcus Storey (Eric Vasquez), 85th minute
Rapids Reserves - Bouna Coundoni, Amir Lowery, Dan Gargan, Guy Melamed, Leo Cullen (Stephen Keel, 46), Joshua Elbaum, Terry Cooke (Marcus Sagastume, 24), Alain Nkong, Jake Traeger, Eugene Sepuya (Luchi Gonzalez, 57), Sasha Gotsmanov
Crew Reserves - Andrew Terris, Ryan Kelly, Chris Wingert (Jeremy Parkins, 74), Domenic Mediate, Marcus Storey, David Testo, Eric Vasquez, Devin Barclay (Zane Hill, 78), Jamal Sutton, Edson Buddle (Ricky Strong, 66), John Wolyniec (Peter Withers, 46)
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY:
CLB - Eric Vasquez (caution) 93rd minute
Attendance: 150; Weather: Overcast, humid and 74 degrees
